Liquid and gas contact apparatus



1927' F. H. WAGNER LIQUID AND GAS CONTACT APPARATUS Filed June 1925 25 and Patented Au 9, 1927.

v UNITED STATES v Le -38, 670 PATENT OFFKCE.

rnnnsmcx H. WAGNER. or BALTDEORE, MABYLAN.] assronoa 'ro rm; nanirmrr HAYWARD COMPANY, or nan'rmonn, MARYLAND, a oonrona'rroN or many- LAND.

LIQUID un ons con racr arrana rusf Application filed June 17, 1925. "seriaifno. 37,7'94. V

This inventio'npertaiiis to .an improved liquid and gaseous contact apparatus and is of that scrubber I r L The invention is illustrated in con unction with a scrubberof the Feld typeyas shown t'fdr instance in Letters Patent No. 983,031,

dated January 31", 1911.

The main object of the invention is 1 to 10 provide means 'for securing a more intimate and prolonged contact 'bet we n the liquid and gas than is obtained with I he construction set forth in the patentabove noted and to that end I employ -mea'ns for gathering is the sprayed li iiid before it is returned 'to the rece tacle or're-pumping and"re-spraying, an cfiecting an intimate contact between suchieathered liquidand the gas flowing upwar ly through the scrubben.

The -invention is illustrated in the annexed drawings wherein: e

Fi 1 is a vertical sectional elevation=of a a o g I Fig. 2 an enlarged detail sectional view;

Eig-.-. 3 a plan yiew of the gathering plate and'the trickling tubes for the re-gathered liquid. r v

In the drawings, 1 denotes the usual shell or casing provided at its lower end with a 'as inlet 2- and at its upper end with the gas ischarge port 3. The latter opens into a moisture eliminator chamber 4' lnt0 Wl11Ch the gas passes through the centrally d sposed opening 5.

A revoluble shaft 6 extends upwardly throu h.the casing and is'driven through suitabde means (not shown). At itslower end shaft 6 is provided with a packing or liquid seal 7 to prevent the. escape of gas therearound. A suitable draw-ot'i S for liquid is provided at'the base of the-casing. In Fig. 1 I have illustrated two spraying ,mechanisnis but a greater or less number maybe employed and inasmuch as they and their allied parts are alike in form a description of one will suffice.

Secured to the shaft is a series of spaced and inverted truncated cone-shaped pumping and spraying elements designated generally by '9, the outermost-one of which. at leastfis perforated adjacent its upper end. The lower ends of said members extend down into a receptacle 10 and into the liquid contained therein. Said receptacle is spaced type generally denominated as a rembodying my invention;

away .from the wall of the casing so that the gas' may fiownpwardly around the, same. I

Secured to the innerwall of the'casing at ajpoint above the pan and b'lowtho line of rspraythrown outwardlyby the members 9 is a-horizontally disposed plate" 11., 'said plate having a central opening about which ex-' tends an upstanding collar 12.- The upper edge of said collar stands close to but out of contact with the adjacent cone 9. and thus the plate. prevents the gas from flowing freely'up through the structure.

' The'plate is provided'with a series of openings in-each of which there is mounted a'tube 13, the tube extending above the plate and preferably below the same, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the lower end preferably bein serrated.

ipes 1451150 extend through theplate being overflow pipes, the lower ends-whereof extend down into the liquid in the underlying pan and'are always filled with liquid when the apparatus is in operation, thus being sealed against u flow of gas therethrough. Full ilow tlirough this pipe is niaintaincdbv having its weir level slightly below the weir level of the tubular members or orifices'lil.

Extending around the plate 11 adjacent the wall of the casing is an upstanding plate 15, the lower edge whereof is notched or serrated. This plate serves to prevent .the spray, or the body of liquid formed therefrom, from surging over the plate or diaphragm 11 and interfering with the ac tion of the tlll'F-Illtll' orifices 13. The plate, along with pipe 14-, serves 80 prc'veut flood ing of the tubes 13. I

A supply pipe 1!) for the iiquii'l e'ntc-is the upper portion of; the apparatus and discharges onto the uppermost plate or diaphragm 1-1. A drain pipe 17 is provided for the eliminator chamber 4.

In action, assuming that the pans or receptacles 10 have the requisite amount of liquid therein, such liquid will be pumped up and sprayed laterally by the elements 9 when the shaft 6 reaches the requisite speed. The

liquid will be thrownoutwardlyfrom the down in a film upon the inner surface of I If the liquid is constantly fed in each of the pipes 13, the pipes 14 being likewise filled by the overflow. v

As above noted, the plate 15 will prevent the liquid from surging inwa rdly over the plate 11 and hence an even distribution of the liquid 'is obtained over the plate 11 with a consequent even flow of the liquid through the trickler tubes 13. The gas passing upwardly through the ap aratus must of necessity pass upwardly tirough the -tubes l3 in counter-flow to the film of liquid passing downwardly along the inner walls of such tubes. The liquid will of course drop ofl the end of the tubes in the form of rain, hence the gas first contacts such rain of liquid, then comes into intimate contact with the surface of the liquidflowing down through the trickler'tubes'. and must pass through the outwardly thrown spray, which, as will be seen upon reference to the drawings, is above the mouth of the tubes. The gas after passing through the uppermost spray chamber passes through port 5 into the eliminator chamber 4 which'is provided with any approved moisture liminating means, as lates 18, and finally t -dischar e port 3. 'T e pipes 14 will prevent the liqu d from overflowin into the tubes 13 to such an extent as to fill, or substantially fill, the same In other words, the weir levels of thesemembers are such that the action just mentioned will always inhere. 1

through the pipe 16, the uppermost pan or'reccptaclc 10 will of course overflow, and such overflow passes down to the next succeeding pan,

consequently the gas passing upwardl vfromtlie lower series of trickler tubes wi 1 pass through the liquid running off of said overflowing pan. 7

While I have disclosed and described liquid elevating and spraying means of the so-callcd Fold type, it is to be understood 7 that anyequivalent mechanism may be employed to effect the same object.

The apparatus lends-itself to the washing of gases or .the absorption of ases, or in fact. any operation wherein liquid and gaseous contact/is necessary or desirable.

\Vhat is claimed is: i f

1. In an apparatus'of the character specitied, the combination of a casing; a receptacle located therein with its edges in spaccd relation to the wall of the casing; means extending into said receptacle for withdrawing a liquid therefrom and spraying the same outwardly; a diaphragm ext-ending inwardly from the walll of thecasing at a point-above the recept-tic e, said diaphragm receiving the liquid flowing from the spray; and a series of tubular members extending through the diaphragm through which the liquid passes from the diaphragm and through which the gas undergoing treatment also passes in countei'flow to the liquid.

2. In an apparatus of the character specified the combination of a casing; a receptacle located therein with its edges in spaced relation to the wall of the casing: moans extending into said receptacle for withdrawing a liquid therefrom and spraying the same outwardly; a diaphragm cxtcndinginwardfrom the wall of the casing at a point.

1 z' liove the receptacle, said diaphragm receiving the liquid flowing from the spray; a. .e-

rics of-tubular members extendin through the diaphragm through, which tie liquid cle located therein with its edges in-spaced relation to the wall of the casing; means extending into. said receptacle for withdrawing a liquid therefrom and spraying the. same outwardly; a diaphragm extending inwardly from the wall of the casing at a point above the receptacle, said diaphragm receiving the li uid flowing from the spray; a series of tu ular members extending through the diaphragm and through which the liquid passes from the diaphragm in counterflow to the gas undergoing treatment; and means carried by the diaphragm to prevent flooding of the tubular members.

4. In an apparatus of the character spccified,'the combination of a casing; a receptaclelocated therein with its edges in spaced relation to' the wall of the casing; means extending into said receptacle for withdrawing a' liquid therefrom and spraying the same outwardly; a diaphragm extending inwardly from the wall of the casing at a point above the receptacle, said diaphragm receiving the li uid flowing from the spray; a series of tu iular members extending through the diaphragm through which the liquid passes from the diaphragm; and a pipe also extending through the diaphragm the upper end of said pipe being lower than the I upper ends of the tubes, said pipe at its lower end extending down into the liquid within the receptacle.

"5. In an apparatus of the character s ecified,'the' combinationof a casing provided with a gas inlet port and a as' exit port: a shaft extendingupwardly through the easing; arecep'tacle located within the casing and through which the shaft extends; means carried by the shaft and extending down into the receptacle forwithdrawing liquid therefrom-and spraying the same outwardly ,at a point. above the receptacle; an annular diaphragm extending inwardly from the wall of the casin at a point above the receptacle and beld w the path of the spray .which is thrown outwardly, said diaphragm being provided at its inner edge with an upstanding collar which stands in close relation to the means for withdrawing and spraying theJiquid; a series of tubular members extending through the diaphragm, the

upper ends of said tubular members being located at a point above the bottom of the diaphragm; and a pipe also extending through the diaphragm, the lower end of the pipe being submerged within the liquid contamed in the rece tacle, the weir level of the upper end of sai pipe being lower than the corresponding level of the tubular members.

6. In an apparatus of the chargcter specified, the combination of a casinggla receptacle located therein with its edgesin spaced relation to the wall of the casing; a shaft extending upwardly through the casing and through the receptacle; a series of inverted cone-shaped-elements secured to the shaft. and rotatable therewith, the upper portion of the outermost cone being perforated; an annular diaphragm extending inwardly from the wall of the casing at a point, above acent the wall of the casing. the lower edge of said plate being provided with openings for the passage of liquid therethrough; a. series of tubular members extending through the diaphragm; the upper end of each of said tubes lying in aplane above the diaphragm and the lower ends of the tubes extending below the lower face of the diaphragm and overlying the receptacle; and a pipe also extending through the diaphragm. the upper end of the pipe being in a lower than that of t e upper end 0 tubes, the lower end of the pipe extending down into the receptacle to a point below the |(\'Cl of the liquid contained in the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

FREDERICK H. WAGNER lane 4 the V 

